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Opening a Joint at the Base of the Hand

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 26070

Opens one of the joints where a finger's long hand bone meets the small bones of the wrist, so the surgeon can look inside, drain infection, or take out a loose fragment or foreign object. It is done through a short incision directly over the joint. It targets that base joint rather than the knuckle or the finger joints further out.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Opening a Joint at the Base of the Hand cost?

$2,058

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,058 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$331 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,023 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,762Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $263 to $537
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $398

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Colorado than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Mexico· 21st of 51

$2,058

$398 physician + $1,660 facility

CO $4,822MT $1,050

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.